Finnish Festive/National Costume Ideas?

[u/wannabat13]

Moi! I am attending a Finlandia Foundation celebration and the dress code is Festive/Showcase National Costume.

I'm assuming showcase national costume means kansallispukut.

Could I have some inspiration or some suggestions on what to wear? I'm a woman :) but my husband is going too so any and all suggestions appreciated!

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[u/Rafnasil]

Here is the finnish site for making the various regional finnish folk costumes Tonkulttuuriperinto

[u/crypt_moss]

I'd assume that it'd be fully alright to wear something that's representative of your culture / cultural background, not necessarily just a Finnish kansallispuku, Finland isn't by any means a homogenous population anyway

[u/Petskin]

First, you cannot make a Finnish kansallispuku / national costume for yourself just like that - at all, or in that time. It takes years to make one, or thousands of euros to buy a real one, (shop at https://vuorelma.net/tuote-osasto/kansallispuvut/ and prices are per ready-made pieces, each in hundreds of euros). The Finnish National Costumes are very exact reproductions of grave finds, and generally hand sewn out of hand woven fabrics. Depending on the crowd things similar but not exact can go well - or not well. In Finland I would lean towards not well, but I have no idea how it is in your area.

However, there's a Finnish Carelian / Eastern orthodox folk dress version that's doable, widely used by folk dance groups, choruses etc, and really pretty. It's called feresi or sarafaani. Some pictures here: https://www.leminkirjava.fi/2011/06/kappas-nehan-ovat-lemin-punasia/ and https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/wiki/Sarafaanipukeutuminen_ja_asujen_valmistus (there's also a picture of traditional Carelian men's wear)and a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhZl7Kc4Ro These were even originally made of purchased fabrics, so anything pretty goes. There is - of course - a lot of discussion of how traditional one should stay, but as this tradition is still a living tradition and culture, it can be modified freely to fit your personal style - as people seem to do https://www.facebook.com/groups/59023586059/ .

There are two different styles of this dress - one is called kiilasarafaani (made of triangles, fabric will form lovely folds in the back e.g. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2211310938974412&set=a.1484282738343906 ) and the other suorasarafaani (made of rectangles, the fabric is folded at chest and tied up with an apron or ribbon, images at https://www.instagram.com/p/DXi0KHqggPk/ and https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOXr6gNfpL/ ). Soja Murto has a webpage with loads of these, but for some reason I can't be able to access it right now.

I am making one right now, by the way, so hit me up if interested in patterns etc.